I must admit I was surprised when I learned that Microsoft SQL Server would be available in Linux. They've been pushing the open source initiative hard, but I didn't expect something this big. Oh yeah, Visual Studio is now available for Mac as well. I just saw a pig flying by. While MS-SQL is not open source they have made it available to run on open source platforms such as Linux and OSX, which I can imagine took a ton of work. So I decided to take advantage of this new option and try it out. It works great! It took 5 minutes to install. Here's how you can do it too. Note that you will need a ...

I must admit I was surprised when I learned that Microsoft SQL Server would be available in Linux. They've been pushing the open source initiative hard, but I didn't expect something this big. Oh yeah, ...

Neo4j 3.x added a new transport protocol called ‘Bolt’ in essence a binary transmission protocol to speed up connectivity to the database, and with a series of official drivers – get everyone on an even ...

For using method from custom library what you need is adding namespace in views/web.config for example if you want to use linq methods you need to put something like this <add namespace="System.Linq" ...

I've been with GeeksWithBlogs.net since November 2011 with my first post "A quicker way to work with Resx files in Silverlight". It has been very good for me and my posts have gotten a lot more exposure ...

This has been annoying me for a while, but as usual the solution was simple. It turns out Visual Studio 2015 removes some key entries form project.json when you update Microsoft.NETCore.App using NuGet ...

Issues: You just accidentally closed your Google Chrome browser, and oh boy, you lost all your open tabs and windows. Google Chrome has a really helpful short-cut to get them all back. You also have similar ...

I recently wrote a blog on the performance of various object-object mappers, but it turns out my tests weren't quite fair and equal at that point. Specifically: Creating Empty Collections vs... Not ExpressMapper, ...

This weekend….. I’ve realised the truth that Docker is the future. Please take a few moments to inhale docker.com I’ve built a MS SQL 2016, in Docker, connected to from another Container running Swift ...

This was more like a debugging related topic for me. The overall knowledge is helpful to understand how the class CustomTraceListener can be useful to build you own tracing mechanism.My use-case was the ...

The install went fine. I can connect when I use Start>Oracle XE>Run SQL Command Line, however, I cannot connect when using a third party client. Running tnsping xe or lsnrctl status also shows things ...

I recently was in the process of upgrading a VS2013 project to VS2015. I created a new VB Web Application project and it addded the Roslyn compiler components.In the project were several xsltCompiledTransform ...

Because libraries written for .NET Standard can run on multiple platforms – with more to come in the future – it's worth considering how or if they run in partially trusted environments. Having implemented ...

Update: the set of test results in this blog didn't turn out to all be based on fair comparisons - I've updated them and re-measured. I'm leaving this blog in place as it describes the tests. This is the ...

If you using using your phone, pc and laptop for a long time on work, you maybe search for a solution to make eye strain easy for you. For some people flux work fine. I have installed it on my desktop ...

The problem: Using Entity Framework code first migrations to create a complex index that defines “INCLUDES” as part of the index. Yeah, good luck doing that using Entity Frameworks fluent notation using ...

Goal: You have a C# ENUM and for some reason you would like to enumerate it. Perhaps you would like to return the enumerated list to the client’s ajax call rather than calling the DB table that represents ...

I'm posting new links at my new AlignedDev blogI’ve been following AureliaJs for quite awhile now and I’ve collected a lot of links. Here they are, in no particular order, for you to enjoy. Please follow ...

We are using Application Insights from Azure to gain insight into our production database. We noticed that the browser tab was not showing Browser exceptions. This should be working by default as discussed ...

I shared some information at a Lunch and Learn along with a demo and now I’m sharing it with you. "branching as a tool vs branching as a strategy" ~ Scott a branch is a playground new task = new branch, ...

Issue: Two options are available in EF to let it know an object exists, “Attach” and “Add”, not sure when to use which. Answer: “Add” as the verb suggests is for adding new objects to the EF context in ...

In this article I will show you how to access SalesForce data to simplify data access and analysis, either in real-time or through a local cache, using SQL commands through the Enzo Unified data virtualization ...

Working as a Data Engineer, one of my key role is to do Query and Server Optimizations, and one of the weird things that we will be seeing is this Nerdy Data Of course this does not automatically show ...

At some point every athletic coach will have a player that has the mindset to do whatever is necessary to disrupt any team cohesion that you are trying to create. You have basic team standards that you ...

The issue: I just restored a database backup file from somewhere. The users had a problem in a production environment and I want access to the same data to debug. The user (service account) created to ...

Book Notes from 'Extreme Ownership' By Jocko Willink & Leif BabinPrioritize and Execute How could we possibly tackle so many problems at once. Prioritize and execute - even the greatest of battlefield ...

The next version of DAX Studio has just been released. You can download this release and read the release notes here Note: In this release we have updated the versions of the Microsoft ADOMD.Net and AMO ...

TFS 2015 Vnext build gives you the option for running Visual studio build which will ideally have these options 1) Get Source This action is Hidden but as you can understand TFS will download source files ...

So I thought I’d write down some tips for using a chat application effectively on a development team. Chat applications can revolutionize a how a development team works and even its culture. I’ll go through ...

I did some tests to find out the event execution order for multiple HttpMoudles in ASP.NET. Here is the what I found:When there are multiple HttpMoudles, and the modules are registered in Web.config, all ...

Book Notes from 'Extreme Ownership' by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin Cover and Move I was so focused on our own squads dilemma, I didn’t think to coordinate with the other team, OP1, to work together. ...

Book Notes from 'Extreme Ownership' by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin Check the Ego Task Unit Bruiser, we were confident and perhaps even a little cocky - but I tried to temper that confidence by instilling ...

Book Notes from 'Extreme Ownership' By Jocko Willink & Lief BabinBelieve Questioning the Mission When we know the man covering our 'six'(backside) is someone who has been through the same training, ...

With the RTM of the lovely .NET Core, I've now added support for .NET Standard 1.0 to ReadableExpressions and AgileMapper. Targeting .NET Standard 1.0 gives support for the following for free! .NET Core ...

Book Notes from 'Extreme Ownership' by Jacko Willink & Leif Babin No Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders It pays to be a winner Hell week is not a fitness test - it was not a physical test - but a mental one ...

Book Notes from 'Extreme Ownership' by Jocko Willink & Leif BabinIntroductionProper understanding and application of the Laws of Combat Leadership: The Single Most Important Factor Without a team - ...

Regular readers of my blog (maybe even both of you) will have seen sporadic references to 'my pet mapper project', going back to my first use of NDepend in December 2013. I've actually thrown it away and ...

Microsoft Ignite is this week, and I have a number of friends who are heading down (I'm not going this year, but had a great time last year when it was in Chicago).I've been to Atlanta a couple of times ...

Book Notes from 'You Win in the Locker Room First' By Jon Gordon & Mike SmithCaring Relationships are the foundation upon which winning teams are built - and all great relationships are based on value, ...